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Jan Barcz

ABOUT Jan Barcz
Professor of Law, head of Department of International and European Union Law
at Law School of Koźmiński University in Warsaw, diplomat. Former Polish ambassador to Vienna.
Searching for the EU Centre of Power Against the Background of Eurozone Reform: What’s the Stake in the Game?
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Searching for the EU Centre of Power Against the Background of Eurozone Reform: What’s the Stake in the Game?
BY Jan Barcz / May 2, 2014
If we take a look back at how the integration process evolved, the \'state of tension\' between the community (the EU) and intergovernmental methods has always been present. The establishment of the three Communities in the 1950s was a reflection of how the process relied on the community method: this is how the creation of the Community common market began.